Tabs
Tuning: Standard
Difficulty: Intermediate
No capo
r=let it ring
v= vibrato
s=slide
Freddie's part:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------6--5--3--1--0--1--3-5------|
G+G|-0--4--5--9-7-5-2-0--4--5--9-7-5-2----------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC G+G 
A minorAm G+G x2
DmDm C majorC G+G x2
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I knew who you were, it was perfectly obvious
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I was uncomfortable playing it cool
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC DmDm C majorC G+G
But I feel like I have al-ways known you
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I kept you close and I thought you would question it
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Young in the night, when we stare like the rest of them
DmDm C majorC G+G
God forbid
DmDm C majorC G+G
Oh my God
C majorC
I would hold you close
A minorAm
'Cause it is a lonely world
DmDm
But would you want me too
G+G
'Cause it is a lonely world
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Well I put off 'cause I'm painfully diffident
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I played it out in my head from afar
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC DmDm C majorC G+G
But then trust me to go miss my moment
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
You disappeared to my dissatisfaction
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Oh, what could have been with a little more time?
DmDm C majorC G+G
Woe is me
DmDm C majorC G+G
Oh my God
C majorC
I would hold you close
A minorAm
'Cause it is a lonely world
DmDm
But would you want me too
G+G
'Cause it is a lonely world
C majorC
I would hold you close
A minorAm
'Cause it is a lonely world
DmDm
If I was confident
G+G
'Cause it is a lonely world
SOLO:
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|---7-7-5--7-9-7-5-4-5-2-------|
D MajorD|----------------------0r------|
A augmentedA|-3r---------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|---7-7-5--7-9-7-5-4-5-2-------|
D MajorD|----------------------3r------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|---7-7-5--7-9-7-5-4-5s12--9-7v|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|9-12-14--16-14-12-9v--9-12s15v|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|9-12-14--16-14-12-9v--9-7-9-10-12|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------9---8--6--9---8--11v---|
G+G|-0--4--5--9-7-5-2-0--4--5--9-7-5-4-5---10--9--7--10--9--12v---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC
I would hold you close
A minorAm
'Cause it is a lonely world
DmDm
But would you want me too
G+G
'Cause it is a lonely world
C majorC
I would hold you close
A minorAm
'Cause it is a lonely world
DmDm
If I was confident
G+G
'Cause it is a lonely world
end on C majorC
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